Spaceflight company Orbex is to focus its operations exclusively on developing small and medium sized space rockets after switching its launch operations to SaxaVord Spaceport in Shetland. The company has […]
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SpaceX launches Starlink Group 6-76 of 24 smallsats, but before the booster recovery “satellite link disconnected”
On Tuesday, November 26 at 11:41 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 24 Starlink satellites, to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. After […]
SpaceX Sunday launch of Group 6-77 of 23 Starlink smallsats
SpaceX is targeting Sunday, November 3 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station […]
SpaceX plans three launches in two days
SpaceX is really ramping up with ambitious plans to have three launches in two days beginning with: Launch 1: Sunday, November 3, Starlink group 6-77 of 23 Starlink smallsats from […]
Arianespace will launch the EU’s Copernicus EO Sentinel-1C satellite
Earlier this month, Arianespace announced that the company will be launching the Sentinel-1C, a Copernicus satellite, for the European Commission within the scope of a contract signed with the European […]
Rocket Lab ready on Saturday for ‘Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes’ launch for unnamed customer
Rocket Lab is set to launch this Saturday, October 19th, at 3:30 AM PDT from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand. This launch is the fastest turn around […]
Blue Origin NS-27 launch — maybe Sunday the 13th will be lucky
Another possible date for the evasive New Shephard-27 mission is now looking at Sunday, October 13 at 6:00 am to 1:30 pm PDT. Texas weather looks good and hopefully all […]
SpaceX’s Starship ready for fifth flight test on Sunday including sonic booms
Starship’s fifth flight test is targeted to launch on Sunday, October 13. The 30-minute launch window opens at 7 a.m. CT. A live webcast of the flight test will begin […]
Blue Origin moves New Shepard-27 launch again, now it’s Friday, hopefully
Although Blue Origin’s previous attempt on Monday to launch the unmanned New Shepard-27 was scrubbed the new tentative date is Friday, October 11, at 9:00 AM EDT (13:00 UTC) from […]
UPDATE: SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn no-go on Monday potential new launch date
A new date, Tuesday, September 10th, from 12:38 AM – 4:09 AM PDT, has been named for the Polaris Dawn mission sending astronauts from LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida that […]